#5 Norma Jeane: Discovering Truths
Co-producers Nina, Randall, and Gary discuss the circumstances surrounding Marilyn Monroe’s birth, the sources they used to reconstruct the early attachment challenges between the child and her mother...
6 Maj 202022min
EP5 My Life Was Kind of Grim Part 2
Norma Jeane is born in Los Angeles. Gladys’s best friend Grace comes to visit her after the baby’s birth and talks about the child’s future. Infant Norma Jeane is placed in foster care with the Bolend...
6 Maj 202028min
#4 Norma Jeane: Discovering Truths
Co-Producers Nina, Randall, and Gary analyze Monroe’s remarks about her childhood as “grim” and her efforts to ground and rebuild her life with DiMaggio in a new home in Brentwood as a corrective expe...
6 Maj 202013min
EP4 My Life Was Kind of Grim, Part 1
Marilyn purchases a Spanish hacienda style home in Brentwood, California in early 1962, and reflects upon her childhood. Her memories take us back in time to the 1920s as we learn the story of her mot...
6 Maj 202031min
#3 Norma Jeane: Discovering Truths
The series producers, Nina, Randall, and Gary investigate Monroe’s negative childhood memories and explain their use of creative license to dramatize factual events in her life. They discuss the episo...
6 Maj 202024min
EP3 I Was a Black Mark on a White Cross
The episode opens with Jack Lemmon and Marilyn on the set of Some Like it Hot discussing the production shoot. Marilyn reveals an early childhood memory that still haunts her. In 1960, Marilyn engages...
6 Maj 202032min
#2 Norma Jeane: Discovering Truths
The series producers, Nina, Randall, and Gary provide insight into the Monroe-DiMaggio relationship at the end of Marilyn’s life. Gary discusses the Tampa Bay, Florida community’s reaction to the coup...
6 Maj 202029min
EP2 A Promise of Hope
Marilyn shares her story of recovery with photographer George Barris during her final photo session at a Santa Monica beach. Marilyn heals from her agonizing experience after moving to a convalescent ...
6 Maj 202024min
